the saints tassajara road

The Saints (from the album Tassajara Road available as a self-release)
Cutting across some of the beautiful landscape of California, Tassjara Roadparallels the coastline, moving through Monterey, Carmel, and other west coast towns. The Saints tell stories of the locales, naming their recent E.P. release for the asphalt that carries the tales, Tassajara Road. The Saints share secrets of the not too distant past with “John Steinbeck Drank in Here” and paint a picture of “Oildale” on a canvas of California Country strums and rhythms.
The Saints are torchbearers and curators of the California Country sound, Herb Pedersen (vocal, guitar, banjo) has played, performed, and influenced artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Rivers, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Chris Hillman, John Denver, Gram Parsons, Dwight Yoakam, Jackson Browne, Clarence and Roland White, The Desert Rose Band, Lester Flatt, Kris Kristofferson, The Dillards, The Pine Valley Boys, Jerry Garcia, John Prine, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, The Laurel Canyon Ramblers, Stephen Stills, and Tom Petty. Mike Beck’s history with the National Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering in Elko, Nevada, along with his love of the west coast sounds, were a match for Herb Petersen’s Country Rock credentials when the two envisioned The Saints. The group is filled out with Mark Fain (Ricky Skaggs) on bass, Bluesman Pete de Costa on drums, and Steve Hinson (Randy Travis/George Jones) on pedal steel guitar. Tassajara Road opens on the sunny day strums of “Livin’ in the Arts” as the story spirals through the wide range of emotions found within the creative community as The Saints add “Amanda” to the legends of the West.
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